GENDER STEREOTYPES AND RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE IN A TRANSITIVE SOCIETY: A SOCIO-PHILOSOPHICAL DECONSTRUCTION

Abstract

The article is devoted to a comprehensive socio-philosophical analysis of the transformation of gender stereotypes within the contemporary religious discourse of Ukraine. The study is based on the concept of "mental correction" of national identity occurring under the conditions of the limit challenges of modernity. The authors substantiate that religious gender stereotypes are the most rigid components of the mentality, functioning as structures of "longue durée" (according to F. Braudel). For a long time, they served as instruments for preserving the patriarchal order, appealing to the sacred as an immutable basis for the hierarchical distribution of social roles. The work performs a deconstruction of archetypal images of the "masculine" and "feminine" rooted in religious consciousness.
Special attention is paid to the analysis of the transition from the passive model of the "berehynia" (protector of the hearth) as an object of guardianship to the model of the "subjective human" formed in the crucible of existential resistance. It is proved that the limit situation of war becomes a catalyst for the destruction of archaic patterns, shifting gender identity from the plane of biological determinism to the plane of conscious axiological choice. The authors analyze the role of "digital religiosity" as a space of "algorithmic hacking" of traditional hierarchies, where network subjectivity allows for the formation of horizontal ties and solidarity beyond institutional control.
It is revealed that the transformation of the sacred field in Ukraine today occurs through the replacement of dogmatic hierarchies with the values of freedom, dignity, and sovereignty, which become the foundation of a new "civil religion." The conclusions emphasize the emergence of a new anthropological type — the "integral human," for whom religious experience is not a limiting factor but acts as an internal resource for self-affirmation. Overcoming gender stereotyping in the religious sphere is defined as a strategic condition for surmounting the paternalistic heritage and for the Ukrainian nation's transition to full civilizational subjectivity.